Before long the wind began shifting unpredictably and white ash flakes fell out of the air around

不久，风向开始变幻莫测，白色的灰片从周围的空气中飘落下来。

He laughed and applied himself hungrily to the cold corn pone and cold turnip greens on which congealed grease was thick in white flakes.

说着说着他竟笑起来，开始贪婪地吃着涂了厚厚一层冻黄油的凉玉米面包和凉萝卜叶子。

The air was filled with falling white flakes, so large in size and so queer in form that she was puzzled.

空气中到处都是飘落的白色雪花， 它们的尺寸如此之大， 形状如此奇特， 令她感到困惑。

And any one could see that he shook with fear, and that there broke out upon his lips curious white flakes, like thin snow.

任何人都可以看到，他摇摇与恐惧，并有爆发在他的嘴唇好奇的白片，像薄雪。

A whirl of thick white flakes emerged from an iron-grey infinity, almost obscuring Granta House, blotting out sound, and slowing the world to an unnatural pace.

一团厚厚的白色薄片从铁灰色的无限中升起， 几乎遮蔽了格兰塔之家，遮住了声音， 让世界以一种不自然的速度放慢了速度。